Informal education for children

Each child can choose to attend extracurricular activities at his school or at the Vilnius District Municipality's non-formal children's education school and a school supplementing formal education.

The purpose of non-formal education for children is to meet the cognitive, educational and self-expression needs of pupils and to help them become active members of society. Non-formal education for children is provided by non-formal education for children and other educational institutions, free teachers and other education providers. Education programmes complementing formal education are carried out by music, art, other arts and sports schools, Lithuanian higher education institutions, as well as by educational institutions operating in accordance with the description of the activities of the Open Access Centre for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education approved by the Minister of Education, Science and Sport.

In order to meet the needs of students' creativity and self-expression, and to increase the availability of non-formal education services for children, the municipality implements non-formal education programmes for children, which provide students with additional choices in languages, arts, sports, healthy lifestyle, dance, technical creativity, civic, social, and ethnic education, and other subjects. This is the case of the non-formal children's education programmes funded by the State, which provides €15-20 per student per non-formal education programme. This area is supervised by Violeta Purpurovič, Senior Specialist at the Education Department.

Children and adults aged 6-15 years living in the territory of the Vilnius District Municipality or studying in general education schools located in the territory of the Vilnius District are admitted to the non-formal education schools for children in the Vilnius District and to the schools supplementing formal education (music, art and sports schools).

There are 4 non-formal education and supplementary education schools in Vilnius District Municipality:

• Vilnius district Nemenčinė Music School, website https://nemmokykla.lt/, 
• Vilnius district Rudamina Art School, website https://www.rudamina-mem.vilniausr.lm.lt/, 
• Vilnius district Nemenčine Sports School, website http://www.sportomokykla.lt/, 
• Vilnius district Pagiriai Art School, website http://www.pagiriumm.vilniausr.lm.lt/. 

Music and art schools offer non-formal education and supplementary education programmes, but the fees are among the lowest across municipalities.

At the Nemenčinė Sports School in Vilnius Region, students can take part in boxing, biathlon, football, basketball, athletics, skiing, table tennis, shooting, volleyball, field hockey and wrestling. The sports school is free of charge.

Students are admitted to music, art and sports schools in Vilnius District upon submission of the following documents:

• an application from parents (guardians) in the prescribed form;
• a copy of the child's identity document;
• a certificate of educational achievements if the pupil has come from another music, art or sports school;
• a 3x4 photo (1 piece).

Information on non-formal education for children in Vilnius District is available here: https://www.vrsa.lt/svietimas/bendrasis-ir-neformalusis-ugdymas/neformalusis-ugdymas/931

Contact person: Božena Šarandina, Advisor of the Education Department, tel. (0 5)  263 6200, e-mail Bozena.Sarandina@vrsa.lt.